Post War America Quiz

Harry Truman succeeded this president in 1944

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John F Kennedy

What event did Truman fear the United States would return to after World War 2

• The Great Depression

• The Cold War

• The Guilded Age

• Imperialism

Truman created this to help presidents guide the economy

• Council of Economic Advisors

• The Department of Commerce

• The Department on Economic Affairs

• The Council of Financial Responsibility

The GI Bill is incredibly important to the post war development of the United States because...

• It gave Former Servicemen a pension

• It created colleges specifically for Veterans

• It helped to develop a large and powerful middle class

• It sent deceased soldiers children to school

What new piece of technology did many people purchase that brought a new form of entertainment to the American home

• The Radio

• An Alexa Show

• A Television

• The Computer

Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?

• Ho Chi Minh
• Mao Zedong
• Ngo Dien Diem
• Hideki Tojo

Who were the communists in South Vietnam?

• Vietminh
• Vietcong
• Ho Chi Minhions

Networks of jungle paths used by N. Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong?

• Saigon Route
• Bataan Death March
• Trail of Tears
• Ho Chi Minh Trail

The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?

• containment
• Good Neighbor policy
• isolationism
• Roosevelt Corollary

What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?

• Domino theory
• MAD theory
• Containment theory
• China Syndrome